Engineering Manager II

Company: GoCardless
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross‑functional team to build intelligent payment‑success products using machine learning and AI. You’ll own the current payment intelligence portfolio and shape future work with product management, defining what to build, how it’s built, and how success is measured. You’ll ensure delivery quality, system operation, and people development, earning credibility across engineers and data scientists. This role combines technical leadership with product ownership to improve merchant cash flow at scale.

Pay / Benefits

  • Wellbeing – dedicated medical cover
  • Work away scheme – work remotely up to 90 days/year
  • Adaptive Working – flexible work arrangements
  • Parental leave
  • Learning Budget
  • Generous holiday allowance + volunteer days + wellness days

Responsibilities

  • Lead a cross‑functional team (engineers, designer, data scientists) to deliver payment intelligence features
  • Own the quality, delivery, and operation of the team’s outputs
  • Mentor and develop engineers through 1:1s, feedback, and career growth
  • Collaborate with product management to decide what to build next and align with product strategy
  • Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate progress and risks
  • Plan and prioritize technical investment initiatives for the team
  • Model GC values in daily leadership and teamwork

Key requirements

  • Experienced in coding with Python and Ruby on Rails for backend and JavaScript/React for frontend
  • Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
  • Proven ability to lead, grow, and mentor an engineering team
  • Experience with experimentation, testing, and building reliable, well‑tested systems
  • Ability to take ownership of problems, adapt to change, and deliver impact
  • Ability to work cross‑functionally with Product, Design, and Data Science teams
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • ownership/high agency
  • Python
  • Ruby on Rails
  • JavaScript/React

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Posted: October 10th, 2026